Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is resigning from the Trump administration, the White House said Monday.
Chavez-DeRemer, 58, will “take a position in the private sector,” White House communications director Steven Cheung said in an X post.
Deputy Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling will take over the department in an acting capacity, Cheung wrote.
Chavez-DeRemer was reportedly embroiled in an investigation by the Labor Department’s inspector general into allegations of professional misconduct, including that she used agency resources for personal trips and was engaged in an affair with a member of her security team.
Chavez-DeRemer was expected to be interviewed as part of that internal probe in the coming days, a source familiar with the matter told MS NOW on Monday.
“She has done a phenomenal job in her role by protecting American workers, enacting fair labor practices, and helping Americans gain additional skills to improve their lives,” Cheung wrote in his X post.
The Labor Department did not immediately respond to CNBC’s requests for comment on Chavez-DeRemer’s departure.
The announcement adds to the short but growing list of top officials to either resign or be removed from President Donald Trump’s second Cabinet.
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer speaks during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on the government shutdown on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
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Kristi Noem, who led the Department of Homeland Security, was ousted by Trump on March 5, following a tumultuous tenure highlighted by national controversies over immigration enforcement in U.S. cities.
Less than a month later, Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, putting Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in charge. The move came amid reports that the president was increasingly unhappy with how the Department of Justice under Bondi was handling matters related to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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